Friday, October 28, 2011

Is it really you???????


The adventures that "Jiggs" had during World War II were usually on the battlefield.
However, during one of his assignments of duty, "Jiggs" was stationed in Virginia. This assignment as drill instructor was to train new recruits and teach them the skills and discipline that they would need in battle.
During this time in the states, he saw someone who looked familiar. To his utter astonishment, "Jiggs" realized that it was his own brother!
Edward Eugene "Jiggs" Weston, his older sister, Mary Pauline Weston, and his younger brother, Ralph Frederick "Tiny" Weston, had spent much of their childhood in an orphanage. And, because of the mistreatment, neglect, and poverty, they had all grown up much too quickly.
Mary Pauline was married at a very young age and the boys had found employment wherever they could as teenagers. The brothers traveled around to find what jobs they could....and, as time passed, they had lost touch.
"Jiggs" and "Tiny" had no idea that the other one was in the navy!
To commemorate their reunion and the joy of finding each other safe, they had their picture taken together. My dad always condsidered that day to be one of the happiest of his life.

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